Britain, Beautiful, Interesting and Sometimes Strange

Haddon Hall,Derbyshire,2nd August 2019.

Haddon Hall,Derbyshire,2nd August 2019.

The Kennet and Avon Canal between Crofton and Great Bedwyn, 12th July 2020.

Mottisfont,8th June 2019.

Ogbourne St.George, 31st August 2016.The church is Grade II listed and may be Norman in origin.The three-bay arcade of the south aisle is Early English Gothic and the arcade of the north aisle is slightly later.[2] The church's windows and bell tower are Perpendicular Gothic additions from later in the Middle Ages.

Mottisfont,8th June 2019.

Untitled image in Miscellaneous photographs from around the British Isles (Gallery Nine) -Views of Lacock Abbey & its surrounds. (26774)

Untitled image in Miscellaneous photographs from around the British Isles (Gallery Nine) -Views of Lacock Abbey & its surrounds. (26761)

Untitled image in Miscellaneous photographs from around the British Isles (Gallery Nine) -Views of Lacock Abbey & its surrounds. (26758)

Untitled image in A Visit to Salisbury - 10th July 2018. (25498)

Untitled image in A Visit to Salisbury - 10th July 2018. (25492)

Untitled image in A Visit to Salisbury - 10th July 2018. (25494)

Henri de Portal as he was originally known, was a French Huguenot who arrived at Southampton docks in the early 1700’s from a wealthy family of Castillian nobles, legend has it that he was smuggled out of France in a wine cask by the family’s cook to escape persecution.In the mid-18th century Laverstoke Mill saw increasing prosperity; manufacturing the bank notes during Queen Victoria's long reign, the site was expanded by the Portal family in 1842, and again in 1881, introducing further elegant architecture to allow for increased production.

Inside looking out.

Salisbury Cathedral with Trees (Five) 25th August 2018.

Palm House 18th December 2016.

Palm House 18th December 2016.

Untitled image in Kew Gardens at Christmas. (22398)

Wadworth Northgate Brewery,Devizes,18th July 2016.Wadworth & Co. was founded in 1875 when Henry Wadworth purchased the Northgate Brewery in Devizes. It was not long before they exceeded their capacity at the Northgate Brewery and in 1885 they moved premises to a new facility close to their original site. Since then, the brewer has been a major influence on the economy of Devizes and a major provider of ale in the south of England. Wadworth's Brewery, Devizes The present Northgate Brewery is a tower brewery opened in 1885.

Monkton Spring,Yield Hall,Chippenham,Wiltshire 16th December 2016.

National Arboretum,Westonbirt,31st October 2016.

Views around Frogmore House,8th June 2016.Royal Mausoleum containing the tombs of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

The coastal scenery near Hawkers Hut on the North Cornwall Coast near Morwentstowe.

Views around Frogmore House,8th June 2016.Royal Mausoleum containing the tombs of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.The Royal Burial Ground is a cemetery used by the British Royal Family. Consecrated on 23 October 1928, it surrounds the Royal Mausoleum on the Frogmore Estate in the Home Park at Windsor,part of which can be seen in the foreground. Since 1928, most members of the Royal Family, except for sovereigns and their consorts, have been interred here. Among those interred here are three of Queen Victoria's children (Princess Helena, 1846–1923; Prince Arthur, 1850–1942; Princess Louise, 1848–1939) as well as one former monarch (Edward VIII, 1894–1972, later the Duke of Windsor).

The Stratford and Moreton Tramway was a 24 km (16 miles) long horse-drawn wagonway from the canal basin at Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire to Moreton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire, with a branch to Shipston-on-Stour. It was intended to carry Black Country coal to the rural districts of southern Warwickshire, via the Stratford-on-Avon Canal; and limestone and agricultural produce northwards. The Parliamentary Act for the line was passed in 1821. Construction was completed in 1826, the route having been surveyed by the railway promoter William James and engineered by John Urpeth Rastrick. The branch to Shipston was built in 1836.The line functioned as a horse-drawn tramway for several decades, but did not prosper. In 1851 the Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway was opened through Moreton-in-Marsh and the tramway began experimenting with steam operation. In 1859 the southern section between Moreton and Shipston was converted into a proper railway. The tramway company went bankrupt in 1868.

Woodland Walk,Bowood near Chippenham,North Wiltshire %th May 2016.The Bluebells are stunning.

The evening mist over Acharacle on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula 1st October 2015.

Swan in the New Forest 16th August 2015.

Portsmouth Dockyard Waterfront 8th August 2015.

Portsmouth Harbour Waterfront 8th August 2015.